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When the Soviet troops were within a block of Hitler he shot himself. His body was burned afterwards..
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Started in 1946 and went to 1949. Great Britain and the US government defended the Greek army.
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President Harry S Truman gave a speech about spreading communism throughout the US. It was also about defeating their former allies, the Soviet union. His speech became very popular.
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George C Marshall, the secratary of state, gives a speech at Harvard University. It was about a postwar program and he was looking to rebuild the economies of western Europe, he would call it The Marshall Plan.
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Soviet forces blockaded rail, roads and water access to allied control areas of Berlin. It ended May 12, 1949
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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They tetsted the bomb in Kazakhstan. The device had 22 kilotons.
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The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. US helped and fought for the South and China fought for the North.
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Political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. It was called the Warsaw pact because it was signed in Warsaw.
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Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses.
